Rome was built on the famous seven hills overlooking the Tiber River, midway down the Italian peninsula and about fifteen miles from the western coast. Rome became an independent state about 500 B.C. By the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire (about 476 A.D., almost 1000 years after its creation), it had acquired enough land to constitute the majority of the European continent. The main reason for the strength and longevity of the Roman Empire was the Roman government. The Roman government was well constructed with an elaborate system of checks and balances. This type of construction allowed the Roman government to effectively govern its people and control its strong military. The Roman republican government was very successful and was also the foundation for the modern western governmental bodies.

Most political scientists refer to the Roman republic as an oligarchic republic (where the people are dominated by the leadership), based on the division of the population into two classes, the patricians and the plebeians. The aristocracy of well-to-do families formed the class of

allocated each praetor on a "propraetorship" (Hamscom and Hayes 390). This involved either military leadership, provincial governship, or control over special commissions (such as forestry commission or corn commission).

During the fifth and fourth centuries, the plebeians were getting tired of the unduly harsh and discriminatory application of the laws by the patrician magistrates. The plebeians threatened the Roman government with secession (withdrawing entirely from Rome and forming a new city-state nearby) if they were not allowed some authority in the government. The government heard the people and allowed them to create the

HOW WE RELATE TO THE COMPLEX ANCIENT ROMAN REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT

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